Finance Committee Meets 09/09/2024 – Holds Police Workstation Item Until Next Meeting, Approves Sole Source Contract For Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project

The Finance Committee Met 09/09/2024. They took up two items, one regarding the purchase of two additional workstations for the Police Department and one for a sole source engineering services contract related to the Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant Hauled Waste Station Tank Upgrades project. The […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves 3 Road-Related Items, Holds Ballard Road Driveway Extension Variance Until 09/23 Meeting

The Municipal Services Committee met 09/09/2024. The entire meeting lasted for just under 3 ½ minutes. Given the brief length of the meeting, I have not prepared a transcript, but I have included the agenda packet for download. The three road-related items on the agenda […]

Corner Pub Still Not Open Nearly 3 Weeks After Common Council Voted To Renew Its Alcohol License – The Business Has Now Been Closed For 19 Months

It is almost 3 weeks since the Common Council voted on 08/21/2024 to renew the alcohol license for the Corner Pub, but the bar is still not open for business. The bar has now been closed and not utilizing its license for 19 months since […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 09/11/2024 – Will Vote On Various License Applications And Two Retail Outlet Transfer Applications

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 09/11/2024 at 5:30PM. The agenda mostly consists of various license applications and temporary license applications as well as two retail outlet transfer applications—one from Hop Yard Ale Works to facilitate the Flicks and Sips event on 10/04/2024 and […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 09/11/2024 – Will Vote On Public Participation Plan For Scheduled Comprehensive Plan Update

The City Plan Commission is meeting 09/11/2024 at 3:30PM. They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to approve the Public Participation Plan for the upcoming update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Per the memo from city staff, “The document serves […]

Board Of Health Meeting 09/11/2024 – Will Receive 2023 Annual Health Department Report, Information On Dangerous Animal Declaration

The Board of Health is meeting 09/11/2024 at 7AM. They have no action items, but they do have three information items. The first is the 2023 Appleton Health Department Annual Report. The second is a dangerous animal declaration for a Great Dane named Ziva. Ziva […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 09/10/2024 – Once Again Scheduled To Receive The Final Report On 2022 Polymer Incident

The Utilities Committee is meeting 09/10/2024 at 4:30PM. They have no action items on the agenda, but they do have two information items. The first is the final update on the 12/26/2022 Wastewater Treatment Plan Polymer Incident. This item has been on at least 2 […]

Board Of Education Meeting 09/09/2024 – Will Vote On Superintendent Compensation Increase, Receive Report On District Score Card And Summary Of 2023-24 Fiscal Year

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 09/09/2024 at 6PM. They will be voting on some high school English Language Arts materials purchases and course curriculum and also voting on a Superintendent compensation increase for the 2024-2025 school year. The 3.11% increase […]

Common Council Approves Lawe Street Concrete Reconstruction Design

The Common Council met 09/04/2024. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the Lawe Street concrete reconstruction design. The plan includes bike lanes between College and Wisconsin and raised median pedestrian crossings at North Street and Pacific Street. The Municipal Services […]